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- Peter Langegger
- Peter Josef Langegger was born on 28 January 1972 in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. He is the son of early Vail residents Ann and Pepi Langegger. Langegger graduated from Vail Mountain School and earned a B.A. in Agriculture at Kansas State University. Inspired by longtime Eagle County veterinarian, Steve Warren, Langegger earned his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) from Kansas State University in 2002. Between 2004 and 2019, he and his wife, Emily, operated Divide Creek Animal Hospital near Silt, Colorado. The animal clinic was near his parent's elk raising operation, Twin Creek Ranch. Langegger currently practices in Casa Grande, Arizona.
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- Peter Matteroli
- Peter was born in Walsenburg, Colorado or Hannah, Wyoming to Enrico Matteroli, an Italian immigrant, and Lucy Matteroli, and Austrian immigrant. He received his doctorate of dental science from the University of Denver in 1923. He was friends with the son of the Colorado Governor Alva Adams, and received a letter of recommendation from the governor to William J. Moyer, owner of the Fair Store in Grand Junction. He moved to Grant Junction in July of 1923 just after his college graduation. His first several years in Grant Junction, he lived in the LaCourt Hotel, the Argonaut Hotel, and the YMCA. He soon went into business as a dentist. He stayed in the same office in the Grand Valley National Bank building for 53 years. The first few years he was in the building, a group of dentists sharing the building tried to run him out of town as there were "too many dentists." Matteroli held strong and stayed longer than any of them. He was a member of the Grand Junction Lions Club and on the board of the Eagles Ball Club. *Photograph from 1923 University of Denver yearbook.
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- Peter Mulvany
- Peter Mulvany was born in County Meath, Ireland, and came to the Salida area in May of 1880, first setting up shop in the town of Cleora, and then moving to Salida in June of that year. His main line of business was as a dealer in farmer's and builder's supplies in implements, machinery, etc. His business was extensive and he owned considerable real estate, most notably several business blocks at 1st and G. Mulvany was also a contractor in railroad construction. He suffered many business setbacks, losing many businesses to fires. The January 1888 Fire initiated in his hotel on 2nd and F Streets that was under construction. He was a member of Salida's Catholic Church and Knights of Pythias organization.
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- Peter Runyon
- Peter Runyon was born 14 May 1945 in New York City to Anne Carroll Van Alstyne and Carman R. Runyon III. He grew up in the greater New York metropolitan area and graduated from St. Paul’s Academy in Concord, New Hampshire. Between high school and college, Runyon worked in a small hospital in Uganda and taught children with polio to walk. In 1970, Runyon earned a B.A. in History from the University of Pennsylvania. In November of 1970, Peter Runyon was hired by Bob Parker as a staff photographer for Vail Associates. Many of the early iconic Vail ski mountain and the community of Vail photographs were created by Runyon. He remained in that position until 1980. Runyon also free-lanced as a photographer for The Vail Trail during the 1970s. The open water and sailing always held a fascination for Runyon. Between 1987 and 1989, he designed and built a 52’cutter in New Zealand. During the 1980s, Runyon sailed over 60,000 miles. After Runyon returned to Eagle County, he was elected to the position of Eagle County Commissioner and served between 2004 and 2013. Peter Runyon and wife, Mary Beth Green Runyon, live in Eagle and are the owners of Mountain Sights, a Colorado souvenir business.
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- Peter Shelton
- "Bend author recalls his life on skis Ski writer Peter Shelton merged his passions and his career" By Kim Himstreet The Bulletin Nov 16, 2017: "Bend author Peter Shelton is one of the lucky few able to make a living doing what he loves: skiing. He was working as a ski instructor in Keystone, Colorado, in the early 1970s, when he met his future wife, Ellen. The two moved to Telluride in 1976 and were among the small handful of full-time instructors in a virtually undiscovered town that would later become one of the premier winter resorts in the United States. When he and Ellen had children a few years later, Shelton realized teaching skiing wasn’t enough to support a family. So he applied his English degree to a job as a writer for the local weekly paper. “That was a great journalism apprenticeship because we all wore a lot of hats, and everyone had to do a bit of everything: photography, editing, layout — you name it,” Shelton said. He soon parlayed his journalism experience into freelance work for several snow and sports magazines, including Powder, Outside Magazine, SKI, Skiing and more. Shelton’s writing successfully combined his technical knowledge of skiing with a literary writing style that captured the romance of the sport and the beauty of his surrounding. He was named North American Ski Writer of the Year four times. “The magazines in those days were relatively flush, so there was a lot of work for freelancers,” Shelton recalled. “For about 20 years, it was quite a lovely way to live.” Shelton’s writing assignments and his own adventurous spirit took him to ski destinations around the world. From his first time on skis at the age of 7 at California’s Mammoth Mountain, to his participation in Le Raid Blanc — a week-long ski race nicknamed “the Dakar of the snow” in the French, Swiss and Italian Alps. For “Tracks in the Snow: stories from a life on skis,” Shelton selected 50 articles, stories and essays from more than 500 pieces he’d written over the years. Together, they form a nonlinear memoir. He’ll read from the book and sign copies during an event at Dudley’s Bookshop Cafe in Bend on Nov. 25. Shelton, who has authored six previous books and ski guides, had the idea for “Tracks in the Snow” in the back of his mind for several years. But it wasn’t until he and Ellen moved to Bend four years ago to be closer to one of their daughters and their grandchildren that he finally found the time to move forward with the project. “It was fun to time-travel,” Shelton said of revisiting so many of his former stories and recalling his various adventures. Shelton likened the process of determining the order of the pieces to a game of chess. He spent most of last winter rearranging, adding and discarding pieces and then editing and modifying the final selections to avoid repetition. The end result takes readers on a thrilling, vicarious ride down some of the world’s most exciting mountains and trails. It also conveys the human element of Shelton’s own journey and progress as a skier, husband and father. Such deeply personal narratives are interwoven with humorous pieces such as “Gear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” a 1984 article written in the style of — you guessed it — Hunter S. Thompson, in which Shelton shares his experience at a ski and snow sports trade show in sin city. Shelton is now helping teach his grandchildren to ski and exploring the wealth of groomed and off-piste runs at Mt. Bachelor ski area. He hopes even nonskiers can enjoy “Tracks in the Snow.” Part of the author’s motivation in writing the book was to help his nonskiing family in California, including his 92-year-old mother, understand what he did for a living and his enduring love for skiing. “There’s an element of reaching out, I think,” Shelton said. The book serves one other purpose for Shelton. “It’s something my kids and grandkids can have on the shelves if they ever want to refresh their memories about what Grandpa was like,” he said. --Taken 7/26/21 from: https://www.bendbulletin.com/lifestyle/bend-author-recalls-his-life-on-skis/article_305a9cf3-d734-5f3d-978b-7dcb1f1f5a58.html
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- Peter Steele
- Peter Steele is one of the founders of pARTiculars gallery and studio in Lafayette, Colorado.